Why I am a Nomadic Soul

I was browsing the net earlier today when I came across a very interesting messianic Jewish site. I found a meditation that referred to Psalm 39:12b which states the following: "For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers." Now, to us in our modern American English dialect, this may not sound like much. One has to dig a bit deeper to gain a glimpse of the Hebrew connotation of this verse. In Hebrew the word for sojourner (ger) implys that one is passing through like a tourist. The other word (toshav) implys that one is a resident, settler, or citizen. Now this is a paradox. How can one be a toursist (visitor) and a resident (citizen) at the same time? How can one "pass through" a place he is said to dwell? This doesn't make much sense initially. But think about it for a moment. I will quote the site on the following:

This paradox means "understanding that the changes of life are the medium for that which is eternal and abiding. We neither detach from life nor cling to it, but live in the mediation of time and eternity. Every moment of life is therefore made sacred, since it is the occasion to transform the temporal into the eternal.

Like a stranger, the ger v’toshav holds on to things lightly, yet at the same time is passionately committed to them as a gift from God. He is both infinitely resigned and infinitely engaged in life, since he understands that all of life is ordered to ultimately reveal the glory of God. He dies to this present world and is resurrected in the undying life of God.

If we are given grace to answer the call of Jesus to 'take up our cross,' we presently become ger v’toshav. As gerim, we confess that we are strangers in this present world, but as toshavim we believe that our labors are not in vain, and that our true citizenship is in heaven.

We must die in order to live." http://www.hebrew4christians.com/
That my friends is what this life is all about. Seize the opportunities that Christ gives you on a daily basis! As the quote in Gladiator goes, "What you do in this life echoes in eternity." This is the Gospel! Realizing that we are here to glorify God and represent Him and His cause to the unbelieving world. Don't get attached to this world, but at the same time take advantage of the opportunities God gives you daily to prove your love for Him.

I hope I didn't bore you with this Hebrew lesson, but this struck me to the core of my beliefs. This is why I am a nomadic soul. I am a stranger on this earth, but I have been commisioned by my God and Master to represent Him to an unbelieving world and the choices I make will echo in eternity.

Please, Adonai, help me to not lose focus of why I'm here. Amen!